bomb shelter
Example Sentences
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Moscow’s subway was built to function as a bomb shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
From inside the public bomb shelter, we scan the sky.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Since the war in the Middle East began nearly two weeks ago, the phone at Ron Hubbard's bomb shelter company in Texas hasn't stopped ringing.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
Some hippies barricaded themselves in the Science Building, in the lone bomb shelter, and refused to let anyone in who didn’t know the words to “Sugar Magnolia.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
